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Tasting notes
Score 85/100 · Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider, Aug 2012

Critic scores

Critic scores
87
87/100

Average Score

90
90/100

Robert Parker

86
86/100

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous

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90 points
Robert Parker
Score 90/100 · Drink 2015, Robert Parker, Jan 2000

The dense plum/purple-colored 1996 Profile Proprietary Red Wine (a blend of Merryvale's finest lots of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc) boasts a persistent sweet, ripe blackberry, prune, and licorice-scented nose. With full body, an opulent texture, a chewy, fleshy personality, and adequate underlying acidity and tannin, it can be drunk now and over the next 12-15 years. Tel. (707) 963-2225; Fax (707) 963-1949

86 points
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Score 86/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous

Full ruby-red. Plum and chocolate cough syrup on the nose, along with a hint of raisin. Full and fleshy but a bit flat in the middle, lacking verve. Finishes with good length but the tannins are somewhat gritty. Also tasted: 1998 Sauvignon Blanc Reserve Napa Valley*, 1997 Chardonnay Reserve Napa Valley.

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Merryvale Vineyards
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Product details

Grape Blend

Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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